The Belpre Homecoming Festival kicked off Thursday and will run through Sunday at Civitan Park in Belpre, with live ...

The revival of Marengo’s Firecracker 5k exploded this year as the race grew from 431 in 2024 to 697 runners and walkers for ...

Here we are, three-quarters through the summer heat of July; the spark, crackle and vast array of colorful fireworks all but ...

Here we are, three-quarters through the summer heat of July; the spark, crackle and vast array of colorful fireworks all but a fading glow in our mind’s eye.

Preliminary exam began for former Warren Police Officer James Burke, who is charged with two counts of homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle in deaths.

Students were left without power for several hours on Thursday morning after a power outage — caused by an “underground electrical incident” that injured a contractor — hit several ...

The possible aurora borealis coincides with the Perseids meteor shower, with hundreds of meteors likely visible in the night sky during its peak.

More than 200 participate in Firecracker Fun Run The Lennox Lions Club thanked all the participants of the Firecracker Fun Run the morning of July 4. There were approximately 207 participants this ...

The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Illinois Firecrackers 18U Adkins select softball squad. The team, which includes Waterloo High School softball standouts Samantha Juelfs and Mallory Thompson ...

Don’t even think of trying to outlaw fireworks on the 4th of July. You can have my firecrackers when you pry them from my cold dead fingers which are right over there by the sidewalk.

This is the dramatic moment a group of locals used firecrackers to scare away a herd of elephants. Forestry officers and villagers lit up the loud explosives to keep the jungle beasts from ...